So, after a lot of back and forth and debate, I believe he IS coral anery after all and is just a very weak expression of the red factor gene. Oh well.
I also exercised my greatest feat of willpower in a very long time today. Was at the monthly local today and there was a vendor with a red factor hypo with much richer pinks and was either a European import or from a European bloodline (forget what the guy said exactly). It was also a female and only a month younger than my male so the opportunity was there if I ever wanted to try breeding.
But ultimately, despite the temptation being incredibly strong, I didn't take her home. Been trying to pay off my car loan and finances are strained right now and I'm just not in a good position especially when I need to work towards enclosure upgrades for the snakes I already have so I needed to go with the wiser choice, as much as it hurt to leave her.
As extra incentive to make that choice, I instead got more bamboo stalks for my VBB (she loves using them as "ground floor" hides) and a duplicate VE-200 thermostat. My BP is the last of my 3 snakes that's still on the cheap JumpStart type and I've been meaning to get him a more "professional" upgrade.
If I go next month though, she happens to still be there and my situation has improved by then, she's mine.
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